The spoken word and the written – there is an astonishing gulf between them. There is a way of turning sentences that completely reverses the original meaning.
It is odd, when you have a secret belief of your own which you do not wish to acknowledge, the voicing of it by someone else will rouse you to a fury of denial. I burst immediately into indignant speech.
There is nothing so dangerous for anyone who has something to hide as conversation!
Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your attitude of mind, and your soul is revealed by your actions.
Youth is so vulnerable. It is so ruthless – so sure. So generous and so demanding.
Women, however charming, have this disadvantage: They distract the mind from food!
Think! With thought, all problems can be solved.
They say all the world loves a lover – apply that saying to murder and you have an even more infallible truth.
The good dog, he does not leave the scent, remember!
That’s peace – real peace. To come to the end – not to have to go on…Yes, peace…
Sensationalism dies quickly – fear is long-lived.
One must follow one’s star, wherever it leads.
